The year is 1816. Napoléon Bonaparte has fallen, and as the last pockets of revolutionaries and fervent members of the secret sect of the Sublime Brotherhood struggle to resist a horrible fate, the Bourbon Restoration begins. However, one of them who was fiercely persecuted by the police for his beliefs--the noble Lombard aristocrat, Fulvio Imbriani--will eventually find refuge in the ancestral mansion, after twenty long years of dedication to the cause. Now, as Fulvio timidly rediscovers the joys of freedom, he dares to dream of starting a family and a new life away from bloodshed; but, does his homecoming mark the end of a political commitment that nearly obliterated all his personal aspirations?—Nick Riganas